Hi all - I am back in LA. I had a wonderful time in Denver with my family and DD! I miss them so much! I will be going back for a week in June and I can't wait! It was such a crazy, busy 5 days! We had a great time celebrating my DD's 20th birthday and it was fun to see my niece graduate and we had a great time at her party.

Congratulations to everyone finishing their finals! My DD finished her last final last week - she was relieved and happy to be finished with the year.

I'm happy that no one was affected by the earthquakes.

Being from Denver I will be cheering for my Denver Nuggets and they did give the Lakers a run for their money last night! The Nuggets rarely ever get this far in the playoffs so it is Nuggets mania in Denver right now! I was waiting at the Burbank airport waiting for Bob to pick me up during the last minutes of the game and my sister was texting me every second of the game. It was exciting!

I need to catch up on work now but wanted to check in and say HI and I hope everyone has a great day! Happy Hump Day! We're half way to a long three day weekend! I can't wait!!

Of course you're invited! You can come to all of the baby showers too because we'd be sure to have lots of brown hair brown eyed babies. They'd be so artsy! Yeah right I can keep dreaming though..... Is it horrible to say that I actually wouldn't mind dating a touring musician? That way I'd have freedom sometimes. My last relationship was very smothering. He was actually very jealous for my infatuation with David Cook. My mom bought me 15th row Idols tour tickets for my birthday last year and check this out! I used to photograph concerts for national indie rock bands and was pretty good at it. I did the best I could with my little 10x zoom point and shoot.

I hope you are all having a magical week so far! I am almost done with finals and I am thrilled! Of course, I signed up for summer school so I only have the weekend off but it'll be worth it in the long run!

I am super excited to go to the Food & Wine Festival with my DM tonight! I hope to see those of you who signed up there! French food is so delcious, I already know I will eat so much my mom will have to roll me out of there!

I think my mom mentioned Cheryl and Dawn...who else will be there?

Have a marvelous rest of the week! I'll be celebrating come tomorrow that's for sure!

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Hi Bree! Have fun with the girls tonight, and enjoy all the yummy food!

OK..........I've been to Trader Joes, Whole Foods, a fish market, delivered some meals that I prepared yesterday, prepared 5 meals for my personal cheffing client, and now I have to go to Costco! Will my day ever end??????

Oh, and the best part of my day had to have been when I bent down to get something out of a bag right when I got to my client's house, and my pants split right down the seam of my inner thigh! So I worked with a 3" rip in my pants all day. Good times............

I hope you are all having a magical week so far! I am almost done with finals and I am thrilled! Of course, I signed up for summer school so I only have the weekend off but it'll be worth it in the long run!

I am super excited to go to the Food & Wine Festival with my DM tonight! I hope to see those of you who signed up there! French food is so delcious, I already know I will eat so much my mom will have to roll me out of there!

I think my mom mentioned Cheryl and Dawn...who else will be there?

Have a marvelous rest of the week! I'll be celebrating come tomorrow that's for sure!

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Enjoy tonight, good luck on your last final, and have some fun before summer school rolls around.

Oh, and the best part of my day had to have been when I bent down to get something out of a bag right when I got to my client's house, and my pants split right down the seam of my inner thigh! So I worked with a 3" rip in my pants all day. Good times............

AI IS ON! I have the horrible task of finding out before all of you. No matter what happens.... I can honestly say that I know Adam will make it. If Kris doesn't win, I am not sure how successful he would be honestly. So in a way...... ah nevermind Adam blows Kris out of the water IMO.

AI IS ON! I have the horrible task of finding out before all of you. No matter what happens.... I can honestly say that I know Adam will make it. If Kris doesn't win, I am not sure how successful he would be honestly. So in a way...... ah nevermind Adam blows Kris out of the water IMO.

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DC is on right now. He is sooo sweet.

No no no, he doesn't!!! Kris will have a great career, as will Adam, no matter what happens tonight.

No no no, he doesn't!!! Kris will have a great career, as will Adam, no matter what happens tonight.

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Yes they will both make it but I am 100% sure that Adam has the self direction and confidence that it'll take to make it if he does come in second. Kris on the other hand, he just needs to be more proud of himself... or at least show it! I want to see a tear or something

Did DC's brother pass away from his cancer? He's from Indiana I think. I know Ryan said it was a tough past couple of weeks for him.

I am going to be in the parks on Friday, I'm taking my dad, so I plan to snap a few pics of places in DCA where we could take our group pic. I will post them over the weekend and see what you guys think.

Here is the list I plan so far....(might not be able to get some due to F&W)
Next to Hyperion theater
Waterfall area across from Bug's
Sunshine plaza area
Walkway by Ariels to have the SunWheel/FunWheel in the back ground.

Yes they will both make it but I am 100% sure that Adam has the self direction and confidence that it'll take to make it if he does come in second. Kris on the other hand, he just needs to be more proud of himself... or at least show it! I want to see a tear or something

Did DC's brother pass away from his cancer? He's from Indiana I think. I know Ryan said it was a tough past couple of weeks for him.

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Oh, yes,I agree Adam has the self direction, but that's one reason why I hope Kris wins - might be the boost in self confidence he needs.

Yes, David's brother May 2. So sad. David even did a run for his charity the day after...said it was in honor of his brother. He is sooo sweet.

May 3, 2009David Cook's brother Adam has died after a long battle with brain cancer.
According to David's official website, the "American Idol" winner announced his brother's death before the Race for Hope -- a 5k run which benefits brain cancer research in Washington, D.C. today.

And yes, I do like cheesecake. It is my favorite! I can make a really good pumpkin cheesecake with caramel topping. Yummy!

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Oooooh, that does sound yummy!

Thanks for the info on the cruise. I'd imagine there would be more kids in summer simply because school is out. Ruben wants to take one of those short 3 day cruises before we even attempt a longer one (in 2011) just to make sure no one is going to become horribly ill and sea sick.
I don't know if we will, but since they are so cheap now, he's thinking about it.

Oh, and the best part of my day had to have been when I bent down to get something out of a bag right when I got to my client's house, and my pants split right down the seam of my inner thigh! So I worked with a 3" rip in my pants all day. Good times............

I am going to be in the parks on Friday, I'm taking my dad, so I plan to snap a few pics of places in DCA where we could take our group pic. I will post them over the weekend and see what you guys think.

Here is the list I plan so far....(might not be able to get some due to F&W)
Next to Hyperion theater
Waterfall area across from Bug's
Sunshine plaza area
Walkway by Ariels to have the SunWheel/FunWheel in the back ground.

Any other ideas?

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I forgot about in Sunshine Plaza. That might be nice. We can also do more then one location if we can't decide.
Thanks for taking those pics.

Thanks for the info on the cruise. I'd imagine there would be more kids in summer simply because school is out. Ruben wants to take one of those short 3 day cruises before we even attempt a longer one (in 2011) just to make sure no one is going to become horribly ill and sea sick.
I don't know if we will, but since they are so cheap now, he's thinking about it.

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Take the cruise. They are so much fun. And when the prices are low they are so worth it. I once got to take a 4 day cruise for $38. Yep, only $38. One of the best cruises too. I should totally take a cruise this summer I think. Haven't been on one in forever.

I am super excited to go to the Food & Wine Festival with my DM tonight! I hope to see those of you who signed up there! French food is so delcious, I already know I will eat so much my mom will have to roll me out of there!

I think my mom mentioned Cheryl and Dawn...who else will be there?

Have a marvelous rest of the week! I'll be celebrating come tomorrow that's for sure!

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Hi Bree! I don't know where you're going to put all that food.. We want to hear a report (but since you have finals, your mom can do it). Good luck to Stacie too on finals.

Good Morning Ladies.......now with all the shows ending......I have to say, it's a good thing I didn't bet on any of the winners..... none of the reality shows winner was the one I picked!!!!! Oh well......no biggie, really.......

Hoping everyone is having a good week!! What's everyone's plans for this holiday weekend??? Right now, we have none...what an exciting life I lead.....lol

Weather's warm, my heads pounding but still hopeful for a good day!! Check back in later!

Well the last few days have been crazy. Just busy cleaning and getting everything ready for Michelle and her gang to come visit! Then yesterday I had two doc appts. One with my therapist and one with my new dentist. I wasn't sure at first but he seems ok. He wants me to replace all my old silver fillings with the white ones and it won't cost too much but it is just the idea of DOING it that doesn't sound desirable. I will have to think about that one. The cleaning was better than expected though. It didn't even hurt and my teeth are pretty sensitive and usually hurt after a cleaning so I was happy bout that. I do miss my old dentist. We have been going to them for YEARS and they were super nice but they stopped taking our insurance so we had no choice but to switch. It was really sad too cuz the girls loved them and have been going there since there were like 2 years old.

Anyway then last night we just had swim and the girls had church and then of course I watched Idol. I want say anything but all I can say is I was SHOCKED buy who won. It was a GREAT show though with all the guest stars. I really enjoyed it and that was the LAST show finale for the year. Now ALL the shows I watch are over.

Nothing on now till Big Brother. Oh well I guess that is a good thing since I have so much going on with swim etc.

Anyway the other crazy thing is we have a P.O. Box and so we never check our actual mail box down at the street cuz we don't get mail there. We live on almost 2 acres and so we have this old rickety mail box that is down at the end of our road and we stopped getting mail there a LONG time ago because we had people stealing our mail etc. And when my parents lived here they actually had identity theft and on and on. So we don't get ANY mail here and I tell people on and on when they ask for my physical address do NOT send mail here because I WILL not get it. In fact the mail man is NOT supposed to deliver mail here but occasionally he still puts junk mail in the box. Well for some odd reason when Lynn got arrested last mont they got our physical address. I don't know if SHE gave it to them or what. But anyway when Shane took the trash down last night he just happened to check it and it is a good thing he did because she had a paper for a COURT date THIS coming Tuesday. It had been in there a WEEK! EEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So now THIS Tuesday we have to take her to court. So on Monday we have to drive up and get her and then she is going to spend the night because we have to be there at 8 a.m. and it is downtown so we have to fight traffic. NOT thrilled bout all this but it looks like she is going to be put on probation for all the crap she pulled. Which is probably a good thing. It will teach her a lesson and I am glad because she has never gotten in trouble up to now. She even said that to us that she didn't care about everything that she has done because she knew she wasn't going to get in trouble. So maybe THIS will finally teach her a lesson. I don't know. I know her night in juvenille hall didn't do much. She did get a job and seems to be doing a bit better but still wit THIS maybe it will keep her on a bit more of the straight and narrow if she KNOWS there will be consequences if she screws up. So we shall see.

Anyway so that is it for me. I have today off to do more stuff round here and then work again tomorrow and I guess Michelle and her group will be showing up some time tomorrow. I have to coordinate that with her.

Not sure what all we are going to do but I am sure it will be fun.

Too bad Janelle hasn't been on it would be fun to maybe meet up with her and Wendy too and have a little mini meet.